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<TITLE>Modular Robotics Lab</TITLE>
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Modular Robotics Lab</H2>
<H2>113 Powell Hall, University of Southern California <BR>
<!WA2><A HREF="http://www.usc.edu/users/goldberg/">Ken Goldberg</A>, Director.</H2>
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In the Modular Robotics Lab, our aim is to
develop a science base for automated assembly
lines.  We develop geometric algorithms and interactive systems that
analyze the low-level geometry of components such as part feeders,
sorters, and fixtures.  An underlying theme is the use of modular
sensors and actuators such as light beams and parallel-jaw grippers.
Although this hardware bears a close resemblance to existing `hard'
automation systems, we are applying computational theory to rapidly
configure and reliably control this hardware.  At a higher level,
modular components such as flexible feeders and conveyor belts can be
interactively configured to facilitate the design and evaluation of
assembly lines prior to installation.  The research addresses basic
theoretical questions such as the complexity and completeness of
algorithms and involves several companies in efforts to transfer basic
results into industrial practice.  The MRL is primarily funded by the
National Science Foundation and Adept Technology Inc.
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We've put one of our research article in hyptertext 
<!WA3><A HREF="http://www.usc.edu/users/sutter/ppf/index.html">here</A>.
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A recent newspaper article can be found
<!WA4><A HREF="http://cwis.usc.edu/users/goldberg/mankin-feeder.html">here</A>.
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A 1994 summary report can be found
<!WA5><A HREF="http://cwis.usc.edu/users/goldberg/gripper94.ps">here</A>.
<p>Last WWW Project: 
<!WA6><A HREF="http://cwis.usc.edu/dept/raiders/">Desktop Tele-Operation
via the WWW.</A>
<p>Current WWW Project: 
<!WA7><A HREF="http://cwis.usc.edu/dept/garden/">The Tele-Garden.</A>
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<!WA8><A HREF="http://cwis.usc.edu/users/goldberg/publications.html">Recent Publications</A> 
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<!WA9><A HREF="http://robotics.eecs.berkeley.edu/research/risc/open_probs.html">12 Open Problems in Industrial Robotics</A> 
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Students
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<!WA10><IMG align=bottom SRC="http://cwis.usc.edu/users/goldberg/group-sm.gif"> Fieldwork. (8/2/94)</A>
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<UL>

<LI><B>Hadi Moradi</B>,   <i>moradisa@aludra.usc.edu</I>
<!WA11><A HREF="http://iris.usc.edu/home/iris/moradisa/mosaic/User.html">Home Page</a>

<LI><B>Dukhyun Kang</B>,   <i>dkang@nunki.usc.edu</I>
<!WA12><A HREF="file://iris.usc.edu/home/iris/dkang/.plan">Plan File</a>.

<LI><B>Rick Wagner</B>,   <i>rwagner@cs.usc.edu</I>
<!WA13><A HREF="http://www.usc.edu/dept/cs/personal/wagner/home.html">Home Page</a>

<LI><B>Jeff Wiegley</B>,   <i>wiegley@usc.edu</I>
<!WA14><A HREF="http://cwis.usc.edu/users/goldberg/http/home/iris/wiegley/.plan">Plan File</a> or 
<!WA15><A HREF="http://cwis.usc.edu/home/iris/wiegley/User.html">Home Page</A>

<LI><B>Kyeonah Yu</B>,   <i>kyeonah@cs.usc.edu</I>
<!WA16><A HREF="http://cs.usc.edu/home/pollux2/kyeonah/.plan">Plan File</a>

<LI><B>Yan Zhuang</B>,   <i>yzhuang@aludra.usc.edu</I>
<!WA17><A HREF="http://cwis.usc.edu/home/iris/yzhuang/.plan">Plan File</a> or 
<!WA18><A HREF="http://iris.usc.edu/home/iris/yzhuang/User.html">Home Page</A>

<LI><B>Colin Robinson</B>,   <i>crobinso@aludra.usc.edu</I>
<!WA19><A HREF="http://www.usc.edu/dept/cs/personal/colinrob/home.html"> Home Page</A>

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Other Robotics Labs:
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<LI><!WA20><A HREF="http://iris.usc.edu/USC-Computer-Vision.html">Computer Vision at USC </A>

<LI><!WA21><A HREF="http://www.usc.edu/dept/robotics/">General Robotics at USC </A>

<LI><!WA22><A HREF="http://cwis.usc.edu/users/goldberg/iris.html">USC's Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Systems </A>

<LI><!WA23><A HREF="http://found.cs.nyu.edu/robust.b/robots/rsw/public-html/">NYU </A>

<LI><!WA24><A HREF="http://robotics.eecs.berkeley.edu/">Berkeley </A>

<LI><!WA25><A HREF="http://www.sandia.gov/2121/archimedes/APing.html">Sandia's Archimedes and other Assembly Planning work. </a>

<LI><!WA26><A HREF="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~grasp/home.html">U Penn </A>

<LI><!WA27><A HREF="http://www.cs.columbia.edu/robotics/">Columbia </A>

<LI> <!WA28><A HREF="http://robotics.stanford.edu/">Stanford</A> 

<LI> <!WA29><A HREF="http://biorobotics.ee.washington.edu/BRL/pages/biorobotics.home">University of Washington</A> 

<LI> <!WA30><A HREF="http://www.cs.cmu.edu:8001/afs/cs.cmu.edu/project/alv/member/www/navlab_home_page.html">CMU</A> 

<LI> <!WA31><A HREF="http://piglet.cs.umass.edu:4321/lpr.html">UMASS</A>

<LI> <!WA32><A HREF="http://piglet.cs.umass.edu:4321/rirp/web.html">UMASS Robotics Resource List</A> 

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<!WA33><A HREF="http://cwis.usc.edu/"><!WA34><IMG SRC="http://cwis.usc.edu/graphics/But_UInfo.gif">USC</A>
provides general information on the University
with pointers to information on the
<!WA35><a href="http://cwis.usc.edu/dept/cs/index.html">
Computer Science department</a>
and other research labs.
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<ADDRESS>For more information contact
goldberg@usc.edu.</ADDRESS>
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